Do cats have bad dreams?

[vraiblonde]

I'm sitting downstairs and I hear this "mroooow...mROWwwwww..." coming from the bedroom. I go up there thinking Claudia was upset at something outside - but she was obviously asleep until I went in the room and woke her.

She looked up, blinked a few times, yawned, and curled back up.

Weird.

 

[Mousebaby]

My cat has done this a few times. Sometimes her feet even move while she's sleeping, so I'm wondering if she is chasing something in her dreams. I suppose all living things with brains can dream.

 

[julz20684]

My PeachyWeachy and TankyWanky seem to dream as well. And my dog, RoxyWoxy grunts, moans, and snorts...I have to wake her to get her to stop.

 

[jp2854]

yup cats do have dreams. My cats when they are having a real good one there tails and toes start moving and sometimes there mouths move too.

 

[Fubar]

My PeachyWeachy and TankyWanky seem to dream as well. And my dog, RoxyWoxy grunts, moans, and snorts...I have to wake her to get her to stop.

 

[jazz lady]

My male cat makes little sucking sounds when he's deep in dreamland.

 

[Nickel]

My cat is often mistaken for dead when he's asleep. He's deaf, so you walk up to him, and he's just laying there, perfectly still. And he doesn't sleep all curled up like a normal kitty, he sprawls out like a dog. Exhibits A and B.

 

[jazz lady]

Exhibits A

Stick a flower between his paws and he'd be all set.

 

[Nickel]

Stick a flower between his paws and he'd be all set.

No kidding. Right now he's sleeping like that, but with his paws over his eyes.

 

[jazz lady]

No kidding. Right now he's sleeping like that, but with his paws over his eyes.

My female kitty does that. "Mommy, turn out the lights for God's sake."